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UNIT 2 PEOPLE AND CULTURE
UNIT 2
10 CELEBRATIONS THAT YOU NEED TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
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The Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with 2 million people per day on the streets. The rst festivals of Rio date back to !2". The typical Rio carnival parade is lled with revelers# $oats and adornments from numerous samba schools which are located in Rio.
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%un# frolic# dance and lots of tomatoes & this is one festival you absolutely cannot miss. 'articipants throw tomatoes at each other and ride down those tomato&streaked slides having the time of their lives. (e it tomato ghts or the enormous water showers that follow# la tomatina is one event that gets you dancing and engaging in unlimited fun.
wooden e5gy# which is set alight on *aturday evening. The event is described as an e4periment in community# art# radical self&e4pression# and radical self& reliance. 'eople who have gone to (urning -an gatherings claim you need to attend to truly understand. +. >a&b( Ice a5 7ow 4est(a' >a&b( Ch(a
) festival e4hibiting the most e46uisite ice and snow sculptures in the world. 7very year people build incredible things out of ice and snow# decorating them with lights and lasers. This e4hibition has a lot to o8er# one can only nd out after visiting it...and it is phenomenal9 -. #h(te N(3hts 4est(a' 7t. Pete&sbu&3 Russ(a
(urning -an is an annual event when up to 0!#111 people gather in evada3s (lack Rock desert to create art and e4press their individuality. t takes its name from the ritual burning of a large
The :hite ights %estival is an annual international arts festival
during the season of the midnight sun. t consists of a series of classical ballet# opera and music events and includes performances by Russian dancers# singers# musicians and actors# as well as famous international guest stars. The *carlet *ails celebration is the culmination of the :hite ights season# the largest public event anywhere in Russia with the annual estimated attendance about million people# most of whom are students from thousands of schools and colleges# both local and international. ). D(a 5e 'os mue&tos Day o% the Dea5@ $eB(co
;ay of the ;ead is a -e4ican holiday celebrated throughout -e4ico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. t is particularly celebrated in -e4ico where the day is a bank holiday. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ofrendas# honoring the deceased using sugar
skulls# marigolds# and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed# and visiting graves with these as gifts.
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The Running of the (ulls is a part of the famous *an %ermin festival & a practice that involves running in front of a small group of bulls that have been let loose on a course of a sectioned&o8 subset of a town,s streets. ) rst rocket is set o8 at ! a.m. to alert the runners that the corral gate is open. ) second rocket signals that all si4 bulls have been released. The third and fourth rockets are signals that all of the herd has entered the bullring and its corral respectively# marking the end of the event. 7very year between 211 and "11 people are in/ured during the run although most in/uries are contusions due to falls and are not serious. *o you think you,re up for it? . >o'( I5(a
@oli is a spring festival also known as the festival of colors. t is an ancient @indu religious festival which starts with a @olika bonre on the night before @oli where people gather# sing and dance. The ne4t morning is free for all carnival of colors# where everyone plays# chases and colors each other with dry powder and colored water# with some carrying water guns and colored water&lled balloons for their water ght. )nyone and everyone is fair game# friend or stranger# rich or poor# man or woman# children and elders. Aroups carry drums and musical instruments# go from place to place# sing and dance. 8,. Up >e''y Aa 4(&e 4est(a' 7cot'a5
t takes place in Lerwick# *hetland# on the last Tuesday in January every year. Bp @elly )a day involves a series of marches and visitations# culminating in a torch&lit procession and the
burning of a galley. This is followed by hours of performing acts and
dancing in halls throughout Lerwick. The procession culminates in
the torches being thrown into a replica iking longship or galley.
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